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We are Maia, a 4 piece alternative, acoustic band from Huddersfield playing all sorts of disco sci-fi folk pop on ukulele, cajon, trumpet, banjo, mandolin or whatever else is lying around!

Our second album is now mixed and mastered so be ready for an astro acoustic album ride in the new year! Album title and tour dates TBA soon so watch this space. In the meantime why not check out our debut album.

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Latest News

Video - Zuma Aluma

May 8, 2012

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Maia in iPhone punch up! 4 iPhones and an iPad do damage!

Still “Living In The Alligator”

April 13, 2012

‘Living In The Alligator’ our debut single was released on 12 March 2012.

A special thanks to Guy Garvey , Frank Skinner and all the other Disc Jockeys/ Sound Alchemists for playing both A and B sides !

We and ‘Old Dogger’ our lovely tour bus will be on the way to the following musical venues performing some sci-fi and quelatronic folk…….. More gigs and Festivals TBA

22 March – Trades Club -Hebden Bridge

24 March – Nottingham House – Sheffield

3 April – Slaughtered Lamb – London

12 April – Flaxon Ptootch - London

29 April - OQH Birthday-London

4 May – Troubador - London

5 May -Camden Crawl

9 May – Hootananies – Brixton

11 May-El Rincon-Bristol

12 May-Holmfirth Folk Festival

12 May – Castle Hotel – Manchester

30 May – The Bedford – London

3 June-Trades Club 30th B’day-Hebden Bridge

4 June-The Chemic WW Fest-Leeds

11 June-Time Out Sessions-Barfly-London

16 June - Waterside Festival

23 June -Nandos Gignics-Glasgow

24 June-Mad Ferret -Preston

26 June-Apple Store-London

27 June -Powers Bar-London

29 June – Farriers Arms– Kent

30 June - Hop Farm-Kent

12 July - Gallery Cafe-London

15 July-Larmer Tree Festival

19-20 July - Port Elliot Festival

21 July -London Folk Weekend-London !

28 July - The Gladefest-Derby

29 July - World Picnic-MK

10 August - Wilderness Festival

12 Aug - Broadstairs Festival

20-24 - Whitby Folk Week

1 Sept – In The Woods Festival – Kent

7-8 Freedom Festival - Hull

21-22 Sept - Cropton Folk & Roots Festival

5 Oct - Kings Place-London

10 Oct-Hootanannys Brixton

12 Oct - The Grain Store-Bristol

13 Oct-The Castle Hotel-Manchester

Living In The Alligator

February 19, 2012

EP available to buy 12th March 2012

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Video - Where Else But Earth

October 3, 2011

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Maia - “Where Else But Earth”, directed by our friends Another Lazy Sunday.

Video - Constant Play

January 11, 2011

Made by our good friends at Brown Bread Films

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Video directed and produced by Brown Bread Films.
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Double Six Club sessions

January 10, 2011

Some footage of us performing Melons at our recent Double Six Club sessions

More here:
http://www.doublesixclub.tv/session/10/maia

Debut album available to buy online

January 8, 2011

Maia - the debut album A limited edition of 350, the CD comes packaged in a branded and numbered wooden sleeve. Buy online from our label, Vandal Records, for £10.00

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A brief history of...

Part 1…

Members:

Tom Clegg – Guitar/ Ukulele/Vocals
Joe Haig – Piano/ Trumpet/Vocals
Simon Robinson – Guitar/Banjo/ Mandolin /Vocals
Will Fletcher – Drums/Cajon/Percussion

2010: We Invented sci-fi Folk, supported Anais Mitchell, played our first festival, saw the M1, M2 ,M3, M4 and M62 what seemed like a million times, released an album in a wooden sleeve and got played on the Radio!

2011 Now into outer space……………

Comments from the press:

Stirrings Magazine: “sheer breadth of the band’s vision is breathtaking.”

Folk World: “The vocals seemingly come from another dimension in a less demonstrative Antony (and the Johnsons) Heggarty style. This has enough elements of folk for genre fans but covers an awful lot of ground and is one of the more compelling listens I have had in a while.”

For Folks Sake: “The most impressive aspect of Maia the Band is that they are more adventurous and eclectic within the course of a single song than some artists dare to be in their entire career”

Music

Maia (the album)

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1. In The Springtime
2. Windowsill Smoke
3. Dead Centre
4. Cargo
5. Fossil Minds
6. Samba Song
7. Hearts On The Hook
8. Ripe Afternoon
9. Pigs In
10. Sidelines
11. Melons
12. Windmill

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Buy the album from Vandal Records

A limited edition of 350, the CD comes packaged in a branded and numbered wooden sleeve and is available to buy online from our label, Vandal Records, for £10.00

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All Songs Written By Tom Clegg. All Music by Maia.

Recorded and Mixed By Choque Hosein At The Gaudie Rooms Between Jan/July 2009. Mastered By Dallas Simpson @ Dallas Masters.